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JACQUELINE PAYNE v. SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 23, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Derek O. Fairchilds and Shelby M. Patrick, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jacqueline Payne.

Attorneys 2: Roy Harold Chockley, Jr., and Craig P. Barnes, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Shelby County, Tennessee.

Attorneys 3: Gary H. Nichols, Alpharetta, Georgia, for the appellee, Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Judge(s): MCGEE

This is an appeal from a trial court’s award of damages to the plaintiff after a bench trial in an auto accident case. The trial court declined to award the plaintiff all of the damages she sought because it concluded that her most significant injury, a torn rotator cuff, was not caused by the auto accident at issue. The plaintiff then filed a motion to recuse and to set aside the judgment due to a friendship between the trial judge’s son and counsel for the defendant, but the trial court denied the motion. The plaintiff appeals. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

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